LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — On July 14, Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced that Heath Helton, who recently retired as Little Rock Police Chief, has been appointed as director of the Arkansas Division on Law Enforcement Standards and Training (ADLEST).
The ADLEST runs three law enforcement training academies, which serve state, county, municipal, and other law enforcement officers.
During a special-called teleconference meeting, the Arkansas Commission on Law Enforcement Standards and Training (CLEST), the regulatory body that oversees ADLEST, recommended Helton for the position. They then met briefly in an executive session and publicly voted to recommend Helton…